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Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 4/2018

01-04-2018

Assessment of the blood supply using the indocyanine green fluorescence method and postoperative endoscopic evaluation of anastomosis of the gastric tube during esophagectomy

Authors: Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Tsutomu Namikawa, Jun Iwabu, Kazune Fujisawa, Sunao Uemura, Sachi Tsuda, Kazuhiro Hanazaki

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 4/2018

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Abstract

Background

Postoperative anastomotic leakage is a severe complication after gastric tube reconstruction during esophagectomy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of postoperative endoscopic assessment of anastomosis and its correlation with intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence assessment of the gastric tube.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 72 consecutive patients who underwent gastric tube reconstruction using the ICG fluorescence method during esophagectomy. Forty-six patients underwent the ICG line-marking method (LMM group; ICG before gastric tube creation). The other 26 underwent the conventional procedure and comprised the control group (ICG after gastric tube creation). Postoperative endoscopic assessment (PEA) of anastomosis was performed 7 days after surgery and results were classified as follows: grade 1 (normal or partial white coat), grade 2 (ulcer comprising less than half the circumference), and grade 3 (ulcer comprising more than half the circumference).

Results

Anastomotic leakage occurred in 7 of 72 patients (9.7%). The incidence of anastomotic leakage in the LMM group was tended to be lower than those in the control group (6.5% vs. 15.4%; P = 0.244). Of the 40 patients who underwent PEA, 3 (7.5%) had leakage. PEA grading was significantly associated with anastomotic leakage (P < 0.001). Better intraoperative ICG assessment was significantly associated with better endoscopic assessment grade (P = 0.041).

Conclusion

Intraoperative ICG assessment of the gastric tube was associated with PEA grading on anastomosis during esophagectomy.
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Metadata
Title
Assessment of the blood supply using the indocyanine green fluorescence method and postoperative endoscopic evaluation of anastomosis of the gastric tube during esophagectomy
Authors
Hiroyuki Kitagawa
Tsutomu Namikawa
Jun Iwabu
Kazune Fujisawa
Sunao Uemura
Sachi Tsuda
Kazuhiro Hanazaki
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-017-5857-6

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